Inside the palace, hanging on every corner were vibrant red lanterns and various "double happiness" characters, creating an atmosphere of joy and celebration. The floor was covered with a large red carpet, and flower baskets were placed all around. Numerous servants were patrolling the area, afraid that someone disrespectful might accidentally bump into His Majesty. The entire palace was filled with a strong sense of festivity, with everyone wearing a happy smile on their faces.

Poqi sat on a chair, leisurely sipping his tea, patiently waiting for the wedding to conclude. At that moment, Merice, dressed in a pristine white wedding gown, appeared at the entrance of the hall, accompanied by a group of maidens. She wore white high-heeled shoes with golden borders, and her face was adorned with a smile as she gracefully walked, resembling a fairy with her elegant movements. The tassels on her hairpin swayed along with her every step, adding an enchanting touch to her beauty. Ling Xi, as the maid of honor, supported Merice's arm with a sweet smile on her face.

Poqi raised his tea cup, taking a sip of the tea. "Which one is Ling Xi?" he asked Victor.

"The girl in the light gray attire is Ling Xi, and the other one is today's bride, Merice," Victor respectfully answered.

"When will the wedding be over? I want to take this girl away," Poqi put down his teacup, glanced at Ling Xi, and said to Victor.

"It will be over in a moment," Victor replied.

Poqi nodded and continued drinking his tea. Ling Xi, supporting Merice, came in front of Victor and slightly bowed, saying, "Greetings to His Majesty Victor and Master Poqi."

"Why didn't you show proper respect?" Poqi glanced at Ling Xi with discontent.

Merice quickly pulled Ling Xi's arm, urging her to apologize to Master Poqi. Although she disliked Ling Xi, she didn't want any trouble happening to her here. Besides, she had many questions to ask Ling Xi and she wanted to know more about Iris.

Ling Xi disdainfully glanced at Poqi, impatiently brushing off Merice's hand. She didn't bow to him due to Merice's pulling, but instead stood straight, looking down at Poqi as if she were superior. "Since ancient times, there has been a clear distinction between ruler and subject. Why should I bow to you?" she declared.

"You..." Poqi suddenly became furious. He had never encountered anyone like Ling Xi who didn't understand proper manners.

"Ling Xi, stop this nonsense and quickly apologize to His Majesty. Hurry!" Merice hurriedly stopped Ling Xi's arrogant behavior and then knelt in front of Poqi, bowing her head to apologize.

Ling Xi didn't even pay any attention to Merice. She stood on the side, disdainfully grimacing and said, "Apologize? Why should I apologize to him? My point is, I am the ruler and he is the subject. Why should I kneel before him? It's a big joke. Furthermore, everyone present is my subject and should kneel before me. Those who refuse to kneel will be treated as rebels."

This statement immediately caused an uproar in the room. People started discussing and some ministers even stood up, angrily looking at Ling Xi. "How dare a little brat like you speak so disrespectfully to His Majesty! This is simply outrageous!" scolded an old minister, pointing at Ling Xi.

"Exactly! How can an immature little brat like you behave so arrogantly towards His Majesty!" echoed another minister.

"According to the laws of the Crimson Empire, she should be exterminated, along with her entire family!"

"Hahaha..." Ling Xi burst out laughing upon hearing their words. "I'll give you all a chance to live. Since you don't know how to cherish it yourselves, don't blame me for being heartless!" she exclaimed.

With that said, Ling Xi exuded an oppressive aura that made everyone shiver involuntarily. She waved her sleeve, and the lace glove on her right arm turned into ashes, revealing a dark red arm. The junction of her shoulder blade and arm was tightly bound by a black chain, looking savage and terrifying.

"Dark Prison!" Ling Xi coldly shouted.

Three black thorns grew from her right shoulder, and a thick black smoke emanated from her body. They resembled demons crawling out of hell, instilling fear and horror in those present.

A dark city appeared behind her, and countless demonic beings orderly emerged from that city. They wore black armor, had sturdy bodies, and held long swords, standing in neat rows. These black-armored demons exuded a powerful pressure, causing everyone in the vicinity to feel suffocated.

Poqi is very familiar with this Black-armored Demon. They are the elite warriors of the Demon Clan, strong and powerful, and each warrior only obeys the orders of the Demon Emperor.

But how could this girl be the Demon Emperor? How did she crawl out of the abyss? This is simply impossible!

Wait a minute!

Iris is the host, and Lingxi can also use the power of the Demon Emperor. This means that Chaos can change hosts. I underestimated it!

Poqi immediately transformed into a demonic form. There was no flesh around his waist, only white bones with tiny blood vessels, looking extremely eerie.

"Chaos!" Poqi roared, his eyes turning red, his blood-red gaze fixed on Lingxi, as if he wanted to devour her.

He raised his hand and white bone claws instantly appeared, fiercely grabbing towards Lingxi. He wanted to tear this girl apart!

Seeing the white bone claws attacking her, Lingxi remained calm.

"Tianqian! Xinggan!"

The speed of the bone claws became slower and slower, and Lingxi easily dodged them, then released black flames.

Under the scorching of the black fire, the bone claws quickly disappeared, turning into nothingness.

Poqi widened his eyes in shock. He never expected Lingxi to easily dodge his attack.

This is impossible!

Even Chaos himself would not be able to evade his attack.

How did Lingxi do it?

"How can you dodge it?" Poqi roared loudly.

Lingxi snorted coldly and said, "You are within my Qimen formation, how can you defeat me? In the Qimen formation, everything is determined by me. Whether it's time, space, the mutual generation and conquest of all things, or even the casting speed of magic, I can change everything at will."

Lingxi was full of pride and disdain in her tone, as if mocking Poqi's foolishness.

Everyone present was shocked. They couldn't believe that this was true.

Poqi had seen top-notch warlocks and mages before, but no one could control everything in the Qimen formation as freely as Lingxi.

As long as they left the coverage of the Qimen formation, the suppression on the flying speed of the bone claws would completely disappear.

Poqi spread his blue-purple wings and soared into the air, looking down on Lingxi from a higher position.

"While I don't know how you came out of the abyss, the position of the Demon Emperor is mine," Poqi's icy voice came from the air. Flames of intense heat emanated from his body, as if to incinerate the world.

Just as Poqi was about to make his move, a stargate quietly opened above his head.

A white dragon emerged from it, wrapping its tail around Poqi's body and forcibly throwing him down.

The sound of dragon roars echoed in the sky as the white dragon hovered in the air, occasionally letting out a hissing sound.

"A dragon!" A group of ministers exclaimed in shock at the sight of the dragon circling in the sky, unable to help but gasp.

The residents of the Nightless City also looked up at the sky. After seeing the appearance of the dragon, they couldn't help but sigh.

"Mom, look!" a five or six-year-old child pointed at the dragon soaring in the sky.

For a while, news of the dragon began to spread among the vampire clan...

Seeing this, the black chain on Lingxi's right arm quickly shot out, directly piercing Poqi's spine, and then nailing him to the ground.

This scene frightened the civil and military officials present, as they had never seen such a cruel method. They also realized how terrifying Lingxi truly was.

In this silent hall, only the miserable screams of Poqi remained.

Lingxi stepped forward, standing in front of Poqi and looking down on him. Her right eye turned red, indicating that Chaos had taken over half of her body's control.

"Why did you betray me, Poqi? And why do you have the aura of Huangming on you?" Lingxi's voice became low and terrifying, completely different from before.

"Hahaha..." Poqi burst into a series of laughter, laughing madly, laughing in pain.

"Your Majesty has defeated the enemy. I don't want to explain anything, nor do I want to. Just kill me quickly. The Demon Generals will never perish. I will reincarnate over the long years, and one day the position of the Demon Emperor will be mine." Poqi howled hysterically, his eyes filled with madness and unwillingness.

Before Chaos had a chance to retort, Iris immediately took back control of her body, and her right eye turned golden-red.

Lingxi released the black chains from her right arm again, directly piercing Poqi's heart to seal his sequence power.

As Lingxi sealed Poqi's sequence power, she said, "Do you think you can reincarnate and make a comeback? Let me tell you, you'll never be able to turn the tables!"

With a wave of her hand, the black chains retracted from her arm, and Poqi could no longer feel the sequence power within him.

"I have imprinted the mark on your soul, even if you reincarnate, I will be able to find you. The sequence power within you is permanently sealed, and it will follow you in your next life. For the rest of your life, no, I should say for all eternity, you will never be able to use magic. In your next life, you will just be an ordinary person!" Lingxi finished speaking and waved her right hand, a black chain directly piercing through Poqi's head.

With a hole pierced through his head, Poqi's brain splattered, and his body slowly collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Lingxi opened Poqi's chest, removed his heart, and burned it to ashes with black flames.

Just as Lingxi was about to leave, Poqi's body started to burn fiercely, flames rising and illuminating the entire hall.

After a while, Poqi's body was reduced to ashes in the raging fire.

A fiery red heart fell to the ground.

"Pick up Huangming's heart," Chaos's voice echoed in Lingxi's ears.

Lingxi crouched down and picked up the heart, carefully observing it.

She could clearly see a fiery red bead in the center of the heart, with a drop of blood pulsing slowly inside.

"Who is Huangming?" Lingxi asked.

"The fourth sequence devil of fire. He was killed by Poqi," Chaos's voice echoed again, tinged with a hint of regret.

Although the evil demon deserved his punishment, the devil of fire was Chaos's favorite demon general, and he felt some regret for his death.

Upon hearing Chaos's words, Lingxi frowned slightly. She could tell from Chaos's tone that he still had some feelings for this devil of fire.

However, Lingxi didn't care. Anyone who stood in her way would be killed without mercy.

She placed Huangming's heart into her storage space and turned to the blood ministers surrounded by the black-armored demons.

"Kill!" Lingxi uttered coldly.

Upon receiving the order from Her Majesty, the black-armored demons unsheathed their curved blades and hacked towards the blood ministers. In an instant, heads rolled to the ground, blood gushed, staining the floor of the hall red.

"There will definitely be a stain of your crimes in the history books," a senior minister shouted loudly, his face filled with unwavering resolve.

Just as his voice fell, several more heads dropped.

Upon witnessing this scene, some of the older blood ministers couldn't help but feel their hearts beating violently, cursing Lingxi as a devil in their hearts. How could she be so cruel and heartless?

Lingxi approached, grabbed the throat of one minister, and said, "Loyal? Are you loyal? What right do you have to talk about loyalty when you betrayed the previous king, Your Majesty? Let me tell you a secret. My name is not Lingxi, it is Iris. I am just reclaiming what is rightfully mine, that's all."

As she finished speaking, Lingxi fiercely squeezed, breaking the blood minister's neck, killing him swiftly.

Pleas for mercy and screams of agony surrounded Lingxi, but she felt nothing, coldly watching this group of people struggling on the ground.

After a while, the hall returned to silence, with only bodies lying in the hall.

"Dispose of these bodies," Lingxi instructed calmly, walking straight toward the throne that belonged to her, Your Majesty.

"Yes, Your Majesty," the black-armored demons said respectfully, bowing before carrying out her orders.

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